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In recent years, there has been an upsurge in the number of forced
displacements due to natural disasters, armed conflicts, and
pandemics, which has favoured an increase in the number of
temporary accommodations. Although the provision of shelter after
an emergency situation is one of the priorities of humanitarian
aid, the reality is that the conditions in which people live in a
situation of forced displacement are absolutely precarious and
overcrowded. Nowadays, this type of housing tends to have a short
lifespan, deepening the environmental impact and the generation of
waste. Likewise, added to this great problem is the linear economic
system implemented worldwide, which also causes a high rate of
waste. This investigation develops an eco-efficient design protocol
that determines the basic premises in any emergency situation,
therefore avoiding the precarious nature to which those in forced
displacement are exposed. Moreover, the research investigates
different constructive solutions that can respond to situations of
natural catastrophes or humanitarian disasters where emergency
housing is needed as well as the possible alternatives from the
point of view of circular economy. Eco-efficient and
environmentally correct solutions are sought, which can be
adaptable to the different scenarios where emergency housing may be
needed, thus creating a rapid, easy, functional, and
environmentally correct architecture, adaptable to these types of
situations. The study shows that the factors that characterize
emergency architecture can be an example of where the issues around
the sustainability factor are applied in a practical way. The main
objectives of this study are to develop an eco-efficient design
protocol which determines the basic premises in any emergency
situation and to find eco-efficient and environmentally correct
solutions, adaptable to different scenarios, which have similar
climatic characteristics, and where emergency housing may be
needed, thus creating a type of ephemeral architecture but
sensitive to the user to whom it is intended and in accordance with
the optimal conditions of habitability.
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